Chapter 422: Dressed as a Widow Without a Man (38)
Chapter 422: Dressed as a Widow Without a Man (38)
My name is Duan Ruichen, and I have never been loved by my father since I was a child.
Although I don’t know the reason, I don’t care. He doesn’t like me and I don’t like him either.
Therefore, since I was a child, I have been outside recruiting chickens and dogs to fight, and I have been doing everything. Sometimes the old man was so angry that he jumped up and down.
It was not until my mother was dying that she told me that I was not Mr. Duan’s biological son, and that my real father was a high-ranking official in the capital.
My mother was originally the descendant of a civil official. Unfortunately, the previous dynasty was corrupt, and her father was confiscated and beheaded by the last emperor of the previous dynasty.
Originally, as a female member of the family, she was to be confined to the church, but she was saved by her childhood sweetheart and became his concubine from then on.
Once she got pregnant, before she could even be happy, her lover's mother found out about her.
So before the killers came, she left a letter to her father, saying that she was pregnant and that she was being hunted and had no choice but to flee.
Originally, she would not have been able to escape from there so easily, but she was lucky. When she was fleeing in a hurry, she accidentally bumped into the carriage of my adoptive father, Mr. Duan.
When Mr. Duan saw my mother's appearance, he became lustful, so he took her away from the search in the capital and brought her back to the Duan family's residence in the border area.
My mother told him clearly on the way that she was pregnant.
If Mr. Duan was willing to let her give birth to the child, then she would also be willing to be his concubine.
Otherwise, please let her out.
Perhaps he was bewitched by my mother's appearance, Mr. Duan actually agreed to my mother's request.
But after I was born, he felt that there was a bastard standing in front of him and he would have to share his property in the future, so he was not very happy.
He always had a cold face towards me, and the other servants also looked down on me and didn't have much respect for me.
I used to hate him very much, but I stopped hating him after my mother died.
To be honest, if it weren't for him, I would not have been born.
Until he died, he gave me a Hongyunlou restaurant, and I am still grateful to him.
He moved out of the old house obediently, unwilling to conflict with Mr. Duan's two biological sons.
It’s a pity that they couldn’t tolerate me and actually sent people to hunt me down.
Instead, I ran into the mountains in a panic, and the more I ran, the more lost I became.
The moment I fell, I knew that would be where I would be buried.
But God did not abandon me, and I met Qi Shuangshuang, the noble person of my life.
When I asked her to save me, I thought it was a simple matter. After all, everyone believes that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, right?
As a result, the woman who was greedy for money insisted on increasing it to 300 gold coins, and even asked me whether it was gold or copper coins?
Fortunately, my sixth sense is very strong, so I answered Jinzi directly.
I guess if it was 300 strings of copper coins, she would definitely look down on it.
What happened later confirmed my guess, and I am very glad that I was smart at that time.
Of course, what was even more wise was my later cooperation with her. With a few prescriptions she gave me, I decided to go to Beijing to expand my territory.
He opened a Hongyunlai Restaurant in Beijing, which has several unique signature dishes, so his business has always been booming.
After the soap was launched, it was praised by everyone.
It was also at this time that a middle-aged man came to my Hongyunlou for dinner.
When he met me in the lobby, he kept staring at me, making me break out in cold sweats.
I've heard that there are quite a few people in the capital who are into homosexuality.
But I am not that kind of person. I have a wife and concubines at home, and our family is harmonious. I don’t want to be the one serving a man.
As a result, what I feared came true, and I didn’t even have the chance to escape back to the border to avoid the limelight.
A few burly men stopped me and said that the master wanted to see me.
Since ancient times, the people have never fought against officials, let alone the lowest-level businessmen?
On the way to see him, I was in a state of confusion.
Would he really rather die than obey? Or would he endure it for the sake of his family?
When I arrived at his private room trembling with fear, I saw that the middle-aged man's eyes were shining when he looked at me.
I still felt that I should make my position clear, so I spoke to him tremblingly.
"I, I, I don't have a good relationship with Long Yang, please, please, please let me go."
Suddenly, the man's face turned extremely dark, and after a long while, he showed a helpless look.
He asked me to show him the jade pendant that my mother had passed down to me. He touched the pendant in a lewd manner and asked me some questions.
He asked me what my mother’s name was and how old I was.
Finally, he asked my mother if she had told me who my biological father was.
I shook my head and answered with confidence!
"I don't care who he is! I don't want to recognize a man who can't even protect his own woman and children."
Guilt and pain gradually appeared on the man's face.
"Don't blame him, even though he's a little confused emotionally, he's still a good father!
Once you return to your roots, you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life."
"I do not want!"
"Do you know who I am? You don't want it."
"No matter who you are, I won't acknowledge you as my ancestor. I told you, I won't acknowledge a father like that!"
Later, when a eunuch came to my house to announce the decree for me to enter the palace, I realized that he was actually the current emperor.
He told me that since I am unwilling to recognize my ancestors, I am not qualified to enjoy the benefits of my father's legacy.
I still spoke to him in that arrogant manner.
"I don't care about it either!"
Actually, I am rare.
Especially when my good fortune came and those dignitaries wanted to take advantage of me.
I regretted even more that I didn't humble myself to him and let him make me a prince.
However, a few burly men appeared in front of me, blocked those people's attacks on me, and sent that group of people directly to the Dali Temple prison.
I also feel that it doesn’t matter if I don’t become a prince.
Later, my business expanded to all parts of the country, and I became the largest imperial merchant in the entire Dajing Dynasty.
But I found that the money I earned was not as much as that woman named Qi Shuangshuang.
After all, half of my earnings went into the national treasury as protection money, while all of hers went safely into her own pocket.
Later, in a fit of rage, I directly instigated my son to pursue her daughter and marry her to me.
Given how much she dotes on her daughter, she will definitely give her some shares.
The son was quite capable and he actually married Xu Baoni as his daughter-in-law.
It’s a pity that I only realized after I got married that after marrying a wife, I forgot my mother, and the same applies to my father.
Seeing my stupid son talking about his wife every other sentence, I want to stuff him back into his mother's belly and reshape him!
But my wife, Bonnie, is really great. She gave birth to a grandson and a granddaughter for me at once.
The person in the palace was so shameless as to let someone bring my child into the palace.
He also changed their surnames to Jing, and deliberately made my grandson a prince and my grandson a princess to piss me off!
No matter what you say you don’t value, there are many people who value it!
It’s so abominable, that’s the root of my Duan family!
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